Corset-attachment blouse-extender.



PATENTED MAR. 22,1904.

J. LINDA-HER. CORSET ATTACHMENT BLOUSE EXTENDER.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 4, 1903.

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INVEN'T'OP WIT'N 5.55 as N0. 755,233. PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented Maren 22, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CORSET-ATTACHMENT BLOUSE-EXTENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 55,233, dated March 22, 1904.

Application filed Angus 4, 1903.

To all whom it mwy concer-n:

Be it known that I, J ULIUS LINDAUER, a sub ject of the German Emperor, and a resident of 4:2Faubourg du Temple, Paris. in the Republic of France, have invented a certain new and Improved Corset Forming Blouse Extender, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved corset-forming blouse-extender.

The fashion is now to make ladies blouses very full. These comfortable and elegant gar- Inents oflight materialsuch as batiste, linen, tafleta, muslin, or other silk, cotton, or the like fabricsare tucked into the skirt, the latter? being placed over them. The blouses are,

however, usually made'very long in front;

so that the material descends below the waist past the place where it is tucked into the skirt. Blouses of this description are known as pouch-fronted. Atthis place the material not being held fast wears out' and frays as soon as the stiflening has gone out of it, so that particular people who wear blouses are compelled to have them .redyed, washed, and ironed very frequently, and this rapidly wears out the garment.

My invention consists of an improved corset with a very simple arrangement by which the above-mentioned disadvantage is obviated and the part of the blouse of pouch extending below the waist-so supported that instead of becoming limp and deformed it retains its shape and the blouse can be worn almost indefinitely without being made up.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 shows the appearance of a blouse deformed, as it occurs actually. Fig. 2 shows the appearance of a blouse extended by means of my improved device. Fig. 3 shows a whole view of my corset provided withthe blouse-extender. Fig. sis a front view, at a large scale, of the front of the corset provided with the blouse-extender. Figs. 5 to 9 are detail views showing the way of fixing the device to the corset.

The invention consists in principle in providing the corsets in front with curved springs projecting forward and downward below the waist, so as to form a support for the blouse Serial No. 168,189. (No model.)

at that part which was hitherto not supported, the usual purpose of the corset and its means of fastening and unfastening not being in any way interferedwith.

Y Generally two identical springs are used arranged on either side of the busks and cased in suitableasheaths, folded ribbons, or other trimmings .to prevent direct friction with the stitching which-connects the edge to the corset, but with slits or apertures at certain points 0 0 0 The size of the pockets thus formed is such that rigid or elastic steel or other springs R and R can be inserted without difliculty. Through the slit 0 there is introduced at each side of the busk a spring R, the principal object of which is to serve as a support for the end of the spring R, as will be explained hereinafter.

The spring R, which forms the actual device, comprises, first, a sewed or tubular sheath of fabric extending from one endto the other and inclosing a long steel strip 9 and a very short strip h, the said strips being separated from each other by a free space. The sheath, hardly wider than the strips it incloses, grips the latter well; secondly, alarge folded sheath 2' of sewed or tubular ribbon or other trimming overlapping toward the side furthest from the husk. This sheath of silk or other ribbons serves to hide part of the spring R, to give it more width, and to prevent it from marking the blouse. i

For inserting the spring R its end it is pushed underneath a whaleboned or steeled band 0 in the direction toward the top of the corset, Fig. 8. The soft part between the two strips bends back on the whaleboned band 0 so as to cover it, and the part containing the large strip is pushed from top to bottom underneath the whaleboned part c and between the portion lb and a part of the supportingspring R, so as to come out through the slit 0 Fig. 5. Thus the spring R surrounds the band 0. Onto this part of the spring the folded sheath or ribbon z' is then placed, whereupon the spring is bent forward andupward and its free end inserted either under the band 6, as shown in Fig. 4, or under the band a. It is this spring thus definitely placed in front of the corset on each side which supports the blouse and which is generally held well in place only by the pressure of the bands 6 or a. It can, however, be more or less pushed underneath the band according to the length of blouse it has to support. Since it may happen that owing to exceptional length of the downwardly-curved part a suflicient length of spring will no longer be underneath the band bor a, the end of the said spring can be provided with a stop of any suitable kind to keep it under the band.

It will be understood that owing to the presence of the flat spring R between the material of the corset and the curved spring R, the latter can exert no injurious or excessive pressure on the material of the corset or on the abdominal regions of the wearer. The whole device can be easily removed and the corset worn without it if a close-fitting bodice or the like is worn instead of a blouse.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A blouse-extender corset formed of an ordinary corset in combination with four bands of fabric a b c d placed transversely on each side of the busks so as to form a series of pockets, two identical springs R inserted in said pockets on each side of the busks, two other identical springs R having each one end engaged in one of the pockets above the spring R and the other end curved and engaged in another pocket, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A blouse-extender corset formed of an ordinary corset in combination with bands of fabric a 6 d and one whaleboned band a secured to the corset on each side of the busks so as to form a series of pockets, two identical springs R inserted in said pockets on each side of the busks, two other identical springs R formed each of two strips g and h secured in one sheath and separated from each other by a soft portion, said portion surrounding the whaleboned band a, while the strip It remains underneath said band and the strip 9 is curved after passing downwardly through the pocket 0 between strips 7L and spring R so as to engage its free end under the pocket I), substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

JULIUS LINDAUER.

Witnesses:

ANTOINE LAVOIR, AUGUSTUS E. INGRAM. 

